The paper has studied the structure and extent of value addition in different agro-processing units in Himachal Pradesh. It has also examined the financial viability of agro-processing industries in the state. The break-even analysis has shown enough leverage for processing units to stay in the business even at low capacity utilization. The extent of value addition has been about 53 per cent in...

Production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs) has been reported in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Microbial have increased interest as another category microbial products utilized the pharmaceutical, biomedical, food industries. Investigators are considering replacing synthetic stabilizers with organic ones by investigating EPS fermentation-based dairy Particularly for enhancement rheology fermented ite...

location factors are among the basic components of development of rural industries in general and agricultural product processing industries in particular. the present study, with the aim of analyzing location factors affecting establishment of agricultural product processing industries in north khorasan province, was carried out through the description- survey method. the statistical populatio...

With the help of a standard 2 × 2 trade model, we develop several hypotheses on the effects of cross-border sourcing on skill intensity in production. The focus is on cross-border sourcing of low-skill-intensive components of exports and import-competing products. We test the aforementioned hypotheses with panel data for manufacturing in the European Union (EU). We find that outward processing ...

Indian industries need overall operational excellence for sustainable profitability and growth in the present age of global competitiveness. Among different quality and productivity improvement techniques, Six Sigma has emerged as one of the most effective breakthrough improvement strategies. Though Indian industries are exploring this improvement methodology to their advantage and reaping the ...

The paper develops the argument that the long-term structural evolution of an industry depends on the evolution of a vertically-related, downstream industry. We analyse two pairs of vertically-related industries, the jet and turboprop aircraft and engine industries, since the first introduction of the jet and turboprop technologies to 1998. The paper shows that the evolutionary dynamics of the ...